FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Celta Vigo - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - February 16, 2020 Celta Vigo's Fedor Smolov celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Celta Vigo's Russia international Fedor Smolov has flouted Spain's lockdown to return to his home country, becoming the second Celta player to break the rules of the state of emergency to fight the coronavirus, Spanish newspaper AS reported.
Citing a club source, AS reported that Celta said Smolov had asked permission to return home for personal reasons but they could not grant it as La Liga did not authorise his request.
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